Charles Dickens

1812-1870

Charles Dickens' birthplace, Portsmouth St Luke's Church, Chelsea The Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham

393 Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth, where Charles Dickens was born in 1812, though then it was 1 Mile End Terrace. It is now a museum.
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St Luke's Church, Chelsea, where, on 2 April 1836 Dickens married Catherine Hogarth.
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The Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham, Kent, where the apparently suicidal Mr Tupman took refuge and was discovered enjoying a hearty feast by his fellow travellers in The Pickwick Papers.
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48 Doughty Street, Dickens' house The Old Curiosity Shop

48 Doughty Street, Dickens' house from 1837-39, also now a museum.
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The Old Curiosity Shop, Portsmouth Street, London. It doesn't have any actual connection with Dickens or the book, but owes its name to the commercial opportunism of the owner in late 19th century.
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Dickens House, Broadstairs Bleak House, Broadstairs Bleak House, Broadstairs

Dickens House, Broadstairs. In the 1840's-50's it was the home of Mary Pearson Strong, Dickens is supposed to have borrowed several of her characteristics for Betsy Trotwood in David Copperfield and the house is also supposed to be hers, though in the book it is located near Dover. It now contains a museum
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Bleak House, Broadstairs. Not actually the eponymous house, but where in 1850 and 51 Dickens was staying while he planned the book. In Dickens' time it was called Fort House. Dicken's rooms (right) are preserved as a public exhibition.
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Staples Inn, London Watts' Charity, Rochester Watts' Charity, Rochester

Staples Inn, London. In Bleak House, the lodging of Mr Snagsby and the location of the chambers of Mr Grewgious in Edwin Drood.
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Watts' Charity, Rochester, founded by Richard Watts in 1579 to provide overnight lodging 'for six poor travellers' and the inspiration for Dickens' 1854 Christmas story Seven Poor Travellers.
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Eastgate House, Rochester Swiss chalet, Eastgate House, Rochester

Eastgate House, Rochester, which could have been the inspiration for Westgate House school for young ladies in Pickwick Papers, and was certainly the Nuns House in Edwin Drood. It now houses a substantial Dickens museum.
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Swiss chalet given to Dickens by the actor Charles Fechter in the grounds of Eastgate House. It was originally in the grounds of Dickens' last home, Gad's Hill Place.
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The grave of Bumble, one of Dickens' Newfoundland dogs The Dickens Festival in Rochester

The grave of Bumble, one of Dickens' Newfoundland dogs given to Sir Charles Russell and now in a pet cemetary in Swallowfield, Berkshire.
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The Dickens Festival in Rochester, Kent.
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